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Show j This Week j j IN IDAHO I A News Revie iv I ! 4 BOISE, Ida Idaho's twenty-sixth session of legislature closed after an extra day last Friday to wind up a story session that threatened to shake the foundations of the state's taxing system, but ended in a compromise with only minor alterations. al-terations. $13,455,774 was appropriated for the biennium for relief, schools, general state operations, a food stamp plan, deficiencies, legislators' legisla-tors' salaries, and establishment of a modern bookkeeping system for the state. Governor Clark battled vigorously vigorous-ly for a reduction of the ad valorem tax (property tax) and it was over this demand that most of the fireworks fire-works occurred during the session. Final result was a compromise that slashed half a million dollars from the tax. The governor asked that the ad valorem tax be eliminated and a new method of taxation be setup I to replace it, but the legislators failed to agree on a satisfactory method. The Indiana plan was considered, but it was felt that the time was insufficient for passage. However, the governor's reorganization reor-ganization bills abolishing state commissions was passed and the control passed into the hands of a one-man director. Two bond issues were passed during the session, one for $G59,0H0 for construction of an engineering laboratory and dairy buildil ? rt the University of Idaho, pharmacy and vocational buildings at the Southern Branch and numerous improvements at other Institutions. $S5,000 was appropriated for a tuberculosis tu-berculosis hospital at Gooding. Only one new tax levy was passed and that was to place a 20 per cent levy against the wholesale price of liquor. Other measures were introduced intro-duced and some got past the house, hut the senate let them die in com-mitee com-mitee or defeated them on the floor. n f n |